Re: number in hexadecimal

Tim Daly <[email protected]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:04:28 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mathematics.axiom.user
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Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Renata Cereja <[email protected]> wrote:
>   
>> I want to know if have some way of given a hexadecimal number convert it to
>> a decimal for example.
>> I tried something like this:
>>      decimal(F)
>> but it doesn't work.
>>     
>
> OpenAxiom supports the Aldor notation for integer literals with
> explicit radix, e.g.
>
> (1) -> 16rf
>    (1)  15
>                                                         Type: PositiveInteger
>
> In general, you write the radix first (in decimal notation),
> immediatelly followed by 'r'
> then followed by the digits in the specified radix.
>
> -- Gaby
>
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Excellent. Can you point me at the revision number of this patch? -- Tim